Miniature Hebraic scriveners Paul Krugman and Thomas Friedman are occasionally confused for one another! Someone make sure David Brooks does not grow any facial hair, or things are going to get farcical.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is returning the $75,000 speaker's fee he accidentally (!!??) accepted from a governmental agency. Also interesting: the agency, whose purpose is to promote clean air in the Bay Area, had Thomas Friedman fly coast to coast to deliver the speech.